Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 27 — Ocean Dumping
§ 1441. Monitoring and research program
Statutory text
The Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating and with the Administrator shall, within six months of , initiate a comprehensive and continuing program of monitoring and research regarding the effects of the dumping of material into ocean waters or other coastal waters where the tide ebbs and flows or into the Great Lakes or their connecting waters.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972
Pub. L. 92–532 title II § 201 · 86 Stat. 1052
Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 1441
Pub. L. 92–532, title II, § 201, Oct. 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 1060
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 92–532, title II, § 201, Oct. 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 1060Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 201. The Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating and with the Administrator shall, within six months of the enactment of this Act, initiate a comprehensive and continuing program of monitoring and research regarding the effects of the dumping of material into ocean waters or other coastal waters where the tide ebbs and flows or into the Great Lakes or their connecting waters and shall report from time to time, not less frequently than annually, his findings (including an evaluation of the short-term ecological effects and the social and economic factors involved) to the Congress.Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
Pub. L. 99–272 title VI § 6061 · 100 Stat. 82
Struck · 33 U.S.C. § 1441
Pub. L. 99–272 struck out provision which had required the Secretary of Commerce to report from time to time, not less frequently than annually, his findings under this section (including an evaluation of the short-term ecological effects and the social and economic factors involved) to the Congress
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 99–272 struck out provision which had required the Secretary of Commerce to report from time to time, not less frequently than annually, his findings under this section (including an evaluation of the short-term ecological effects and the social and economic factors involved) to the Congress.Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 6061. CONSOLIDATION OF REPORT. Section 201 of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1441) is amended by striking out all that follows “connecting waters” and inserting in lieu thereof a period.
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1986—Pub. L. 99–272 struck out provision which had required the Secretary of Commerce to report from time to time, not less frequently than annually, his findings under this section (including an evaluation of the short-term ecological effects and the social and economic factors involved) to the Congress.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of , as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
Credits
1972–1986 · 2 acts
- 1972Pub. L. 92–532, title II, § 201, , 86 Stat. 1060
- 1986Pub. L. 99–272, title VI, § 6061, , 100 Stat. 131.
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(Pub. L. 92–532, title II, § 201, , 86 Stat. 1060; Pub. L. 99–272, title VI, § 6061, , 100 Stat. 131.)